title: Spontaneous closure of urethrovaginal fistula associated with pelvic fracture.
abstract: Female urethral injury following pelvic fracture is a rare entity. Due to the absence of large series, management guidelines are still not standardized. Patients can have associated urethrovaginal or vesicovaginal fistula, management of which poses a major challenge to the reconstructive urologist. Spontaneous closure of fistula produced by gynecological or obstetrical injuries have been described in the literature. Spontaneous closure of fistula caused due to pelvic fracture has not been described in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre Institute of Transplantation Sciences, Ahmedabad, Gujrat, India.
authors.forename: Bipin Chandra
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.forename: Pranjal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Modi
authors.forename: Jayesh
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Modi
authors.forename: Suresh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Chirag
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Patel
keywords: Mitrofanoff procedure; pelvic fracture; spontaneous closure; urethrovaginal fistula; vesicovaginal fistula